Thanks for the input everyone. I have heard about the tranny possibility failure, but never seen it happen. I have see a car shoved into reverse and slam into the wall, but no lockout on the shifter to save this. I had a new B&M pro stick shifter that if you did not have the handle fully pulled in it would go into reverse from 2nd gear. I will start keeping it in gear for safety sake to avoid the possibility of hitting reverse and to slow it down a bit sooner.